HP 733/800/866MHz 1GHz, Administrator'S Manual

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Glossary
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CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple
Access with Collision Detection. An
enhancement to CSMA in which a
network station stops transmitting if
it detects a collision on the network
cable.
Demand Priority Protocol A
request-based, deterministic protocol
- a network end node connected to a
100VG hub makes a request (or
"demand") to transmit, and then can
transmit only when authorized by the
hub. Under hub control, the Demand
Priority Protocol guarantees network
access for any end node that requests
to transmit data.
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol. A protocol that provides
dynamic configuration of IP addresses
and related information. DHCP
provides safe, reliable, and simple
TCP/IP network configuration,
prevents address conflicts, and helps
conserve the use of IP addresses
through centralized management of
address allocation.
DLL Dynamic Link Library. A library
of shared functions that applications
can link in at runtime rather than at
compile time.
DMI Desktop Management
Interface. The DMI allows
management applications access to
management data defined in MIF files.
domain A collection of network
servers and resources in a logical
grouping.
driver A software program that
controls the underlying network
hardware (such as adapters and
controllers) or implements the
protocol stacks_Stack through which
higher-level applications can
communicate with the network
hardware.
DMTF Desktop Management Task
Force. A body which defines desktop
management standards.
EEPROM Electrically Erasable
Programmable Read Only Memory.
An EEPROM is a special type of
PROM that can be electronically
erased.
EISA Extended Industry Standard
Architecture. A PC system bus that is
an alternative to IBM's Micro Channel
Architecture (MCA). EISA is a bus
architecture designed for IBM PCs
and compatibles using an Intel 386 or
486 microprocessor. An EISA bus is
32 bits wide and supports
multiprocessing. The main difference
between EISA and MCA is that EISA
is backwards compatible to the ISA
bus (also known as the AT bus), while
MCA is not.
Ethernet A LAN protocol originally
developed by Xerox in cooperation
with DEC (Digital Equipment
Corporation) and Intel. Ethernet uses
a bus topology and supports data
transmission rates of 10 Mbs. It has
also been standardized by the IEEE
802.3 group.